Buckle.



E. PEARL. 1 BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1907..

900,774. Patented 001;.13, 1908.

wi/lwmoeo 5] 141m who a EUGENE PEARL, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.

. BUCKLE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application ma July 3i, 1907. Serial a 386,468.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PEARL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates generally to buckles and as herein embodied, isdesigned to produce a device of this class specially adapted for use onbelts, garters etc. etc. 1

Several forms of a buckle suitable for carrying my invention intoefiect, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1is a structed in accordance with my lnvention, the end portions of astrap being shown in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthereof, taken onthe line s 8 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a erspective view ofthe buckle detached. ig. 4 illustrates a slightly modified form of thebuckle, and Fig. 5 shows a further modification.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the buckle, which, in thepreferred form, consists of a rectangular frame 2, having aboutcentrally of its length, a cross barv3, to which one end 4 of a belt,garter or strap may be attached in the usual manner by a line or two ofstitching, as shown in Fig. 4. Preferably, the strap is provided with anopening 5 for engagement with a hook-like projection 6 of the cross bar3, as shown in Flg. 2. The frame of the buckle is curved somewhat tothrowthe ends 7 thereof outward, so that when the free end of the strapis passed through the buckle, against bulging, working loose etc. Thefree end of the strap is secured by having a series of openings 8 formedtherein, for engagement wit an integral rojection or fixed tongue 9 ofthe frame. projection or tongue may lie within the frame, as shown in Fis. 1 to 4 inclusive, or outside the same, as in ig.

5. In either case, it extends in a direction opposite the pull of thefree end of the strap an under ordinary conditions, forms a seplan viewof a buckle con-' it will lie flat and be held cure fastening. After thestrap haslbeen in use for a time and has become somewhat drawn out orstretched, the openings 8 there'- in, undergo a corresponding change inshape and take a more or less elongated form, which frequently resultsin disengagement from the tongue, when the latter 1s of uni form widththroughout its length or tapered toward its outer end. In order toovercome this difficulty, I provide both the tongue 9 and the hook 6with a terminal enlargement or head 10, preferably of heart or othersuitable shape to present retaining shoulders 11, which act to renderthe fastening secure un 'der all conditions and at the same time, per-'mit the strap to be readily disengaged by hand.

The various advantages of my invention as well as the mode of o erationwill be readily understood from tl ie foregoing descri tion.

aving, therefore, tion, I claim:

A buckle comprising an open rectangular described my invenframe, theouter face of WlllCh is concaved from end to end to reduce curvature ofthe strap, a cross bar integrally formed with said frame, a centrallydisposed projection bent upwardly and then inwardly and terminating inan approximately heart-shaped head, said heart-shaped head lying in ahorizontal plane above said cross bar and a second similarly formedrojection extending inwardly from one o the end bars of the frame in adirection 05) osite that of the first named projection, sai natlng in anap roxlmately heart-shaped head which lies su stantially in the plane ofthe bar by which it is carried.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two'subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of EUGENE PEARL.Witnesses:

OHALS Boson,

MARY Boson.

July 1907.

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